Lunch-box fastener.



l. D. GAINES.

LUNCH BOX FSTENER.

APPLICATION man Nov. 23, |911.

Dum. 1U /l /M INVEVTOR aw gaines,

WITNESSES ATTORNEY Y tively few number of A the hasp and wedge type so JOHN I). GAINES, 0F ,'CARNEYS POINT, JERSEY.

LUNCH-BOX FASTENER.

Application ined November 23. 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN D. GAINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carneys Point, in the county of Salem and State of N ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lunch- Box Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved lunch box fastener, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a fastener of constructed that the wedging bridge may be slidably mounted upon the hasp and brought into engagement with a tongue secured upon the lunch box to securely but releasably hold the cover in a closed position.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this fastener that when in an operative position, there will be no danger of it accidentally slipping out of place and releasing the cover.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this fastener that it will be simple in lconstruction and comprises a comparaparts, easy to operate and not liable to quickly get out of order.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, wherein z- Figure l is a view showing' the improved lunch box in front elevation. A

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the lunch box taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

This lunch box is provided with a body or receptacle l0 having a cover l1 hingedly connected with the body as shown at l2 and provided with a carrying handle 13. The socket member carried by the receptacle is provided with a base plate 14 and tongue L5 extending from the base plate in spaced relation to the body. If desired this socket member may be formed of resilient material to provide a good binding engagement between the tongues and the bridge or slide- 16 slidably mounted upon the arm of the hasp 17. This hasp has its arms bent to provide outstanding feet 18 mounted'in bearings 19 thus pivotally mounting the hasp and permitting it to be swung upwardly out et engagement with the socket member p Specification of Letters Patent.

' mitting the fastener to .Patented Nov. 19, 1918. serial No. 203,590.

when the slide or wedging bridge 16 has been moved upwardly. When the lid or cover l1 is closed and it is desired to secure thehcover, the hasp will be swung downwardly to the position shown in the drawing and the bridgey 16 then slid downwardly between the tongues 1.5 and the front wall of the body.` The bridge will wedge in place and the hasp will thus be held beneath the tongues 15 as shown in Fig. 2 and the cover will be prevented from opening. By moving the bridge upwardly above the tongues, the hasp will be released and can be swung upwardly thus permitting the cover to be raised.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided a fastener of a simple construction and at the same time a fastener which will securely hold the cover in a closed position. It will be further noted that when in the operative position, there will be no danger of the bridge slipping as this bridge will be tightly wedged in place and will be held securely in place by the frictional binding between the bridge and the tongues. It will be further noted that it does not require any special construction of lunch box for use in connectionwith this fastener thus perbe applied to lunch boxes of a conventional construction.

What is claimed is l. A receptacle having a body, a cover for the body, a socket member carried by the body and provided with a base plate and a tongue extending from the base plate in spaced relation to the body, a hasp pivotally connected with the cover and when in an operative position swung down beneath the tongue of the socket member, and a wedging bridge slidable upon the arms of the hasp and fitting between the tongue and body and engaging the inner face of the tongue.

A receptacle having a body and a cover for the body, a socket member carried by the body, a hasp member carried by the cover and extending about the socket member when in an operative position, and a wedging member tionally engaging the socket member to releasably hold the hasp in an opera-tive position.

3. A receptacle comprising a body having a cover mounted thereon, the said body carcarried by the hasp and frie-l space between lyng a Longue extending 'in spaced relation to the body, a hasp pvotally connected to the cover, and means sldebly mounted upon the hasp and adapted to be wedged into the the tongue and the said bodvvT when the said husp is swung to operative position.

Copies o this patent may be obtained foxfve cents each,

ln testimony Wheeof afx my signature 1n plesenoe of two Wltnesses.

JOHN D. GANES.

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